Experiential Learning through Education and Culture: Study Visit in Transylvania (Romania)
Location
Sibiu, Bran, Brasov, Sighisoara, Alba Iulia
Price
580 euro
Duration
6 days
Details
Experiential learning meets cultural exploration in Transilvania. This study visit connects education with real contexts, combining school visits, heritage sites, and interactive workshops. Participants explore how culture and environment enhance learning, while gaining practical ideas to enrich teaching through authentic, place-based experiences.
Description
This study visit offers a dynamic approach to experiential learning, combining education, culture, and real-life contexts in Transilvania. Participants explore how learning is enriched through direct interaction with schools, communities, and heritage sites, moving beyond traditional classroom settings.
The programme blends theory with practice through guided visits, field observations, and interactive workshops. Learning is built through direct experience and reflection, a core principle of outdoor education . Participants analyse how culture and environment shape educational practices and connect curriculum with authentic contexts.
Collaborative activities and exchange of good practices support adaptation to participants’ own schools. Visits to key locations provide meaningful learning opportunities, showing how heritage and community become educational resources.
The course promotes interdisciplinary thinking, creativity and professional growth, offering a balanced experience.
Learning objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to understand and apply key principles of experiential and outdoor learning, recognizing their impact on student engagement, motivation, and deeper understanding. Outdoor learning enhances curiosity, creativity, and problem-solving by connecting theory with real contexts
Participants will explore how cultural heritage and local environments can be used as educational resources, supporting interdisciplinary learning and critical thinking, implementing place-based activities aligned with curriculum goals and learners’ needs.
They will develop skills in planning study visits and integrating reflection and non-formal methods. The course also strengthens collaboration, communication, and intercultural competences.
Participants will analyse real practices and adapt them to their own contexts, enhancing creativity and innovation. Finally, they will reflect on their teaching and develop strategies to transfer learning into their schools!
Upcoming sessions
- Starting on 27.07.2026 – Ending on 01.08.2026, Confirmed
in Sibiu, Romania
- Starting on 21.08.2026 – Ending on 26.08.2026, Confirmed
in Sibiu, Romania
- Starting on 15.10.2026 – Ending on 20.10.2026, Confirmed
in Sibiu, Romania
- Starting on 12.12.2026 – Ending on 17.12.2026, Confirmed
in Sibiu, Romania
- Starting on 23.01.2027 – Ending on 28.01.2027, Confirmed
in Sibiu, Romania
- Starting on 20.03.2027 – Ending on 25.03.2027, Planned
in Sibiu, Romania
- Starting on 08.05.2027 – Ending on 13.05.2027, Planned
in Sibiu, Romania
- Starting on 05.07.2027 – Ending on 10.07.2027, Planned
in Sibiu, Romania
- Starting on 23.08.2027 – Ending on 28.08.2027, Planned
in Sibiu, Romania
- Starting on 15.10.2027 – Ending on 20.10.2027, Planned
in Sibiu, Romania
- Starting on 10.12.2027 – Ending on 15.12.2027, Planned
in Sibiu, Romania
- Starting on 07.02.2028 – Ending on 12.02.2028, Planned
in Sibiu, Romania
N.B Different periods and venues can be freely chosen by the sending organisation, upon request and after checking our availability.
Course details
){kind=link}
Additional Information
From the moment you want to take part of this course and your organisation got a KA1-funding, you can pre-register by sending an email with your name, adress and the name of your organisation. Pre-registering is witouth any obligation or payment! But it’s important to pre-register, in order to keep a place open for you on the course.
From the moment the course is confirmed, you will get a registration formular to complete you enrollment.
If a course does not reach the minimum of 8 participants, we will inform you about changing or cancelling the course.
Kontera Design is a company based in Transylvania, Romania. Our goal is to stimulate & support culture and education in communities all around Europe. We work only together with qualified trainers who are also at work in the Romanian School system. In this way we will make sure participants and trainers can discuss and show their own experiences with education.